Today we have a guest author, Peter Ong. This is Peter’s sixth post on this blog, and he is now a regular contributor to Naval News. In this post, he reports a conversation with Coast Guard Cutter Forces about why … Continue reading
Comments on an earlier post here, “Updated: “U.S. Coast Guard Provides Information On The Offshore Patrol Cutter” –Naval News” prompted friend and journalist Peter Ong, author of the referenced Naval News story, to enquire further. Results below: The comments posted … Continue reading
Illegal Fentanyl pills are manufactured and often appear very “unclean and unevenly colored with unprofessional lettering appearances” unlike pharmaceutical opioids where the pills’ colors, letters, and numbers are even and clearly defined. Note the uneven blue color and the barely … Continue reading
Guest author Peter Ong has been asking some questions about Polar Star’s recent, unusual Arctic Winter deployment. –Chuck — “The Coast Guard has a long and rich history of conducting operations around the world, and international demand for increased Coast … Continue reading
Guest Author Peter Ong is back, to give us a taste of the 2020 Surface Navy Association comments from Seventh District Commander Eric Jones. The surprise here for me, was that they are looking for a way to provide an … Continue reading
We have a guest author, Peter Ong. He reports on the response to a question he asked during the Surface Navy Association 2020 virtual meeting. Peter forwarded a draft copy of this to PACAREA to confirm that they had no … Continue reading
The Drive reports the launch of a truly ugly, but interesting vessel. This may not really be Coast Guard related, but it is Arctic related. Think of this as similar to the recent use of the German Icebreaker Polarstern to … Continue reading
A reader recently asked me, “What frustrates you, Chuck? … what is the one or two key areas that you think the USCG needs? A new ship design, up-arming, or missiles?” — My answer, actually it is the apparent failure … Continue reading
A recent discussion with frequent contributor Peter Ong, lead to Peter pointing to “The National Fleet Plan.” It was an important publication for the Coast Guard and its interface with the Navy. It portended the FRCs in Guam and WMECs … Continue reading
Naval News and writer Peter Ong bring us an update on the status of the Offshore Patrol Cutter Program. I did not see any particular surprises, but there may be a hint of how the 30mm Mk38 Mod4 is viewed … Continue reading
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